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Recalls related to Takata’s fatally flawed airbags have been underway for several years, though the scope of the problem only became apparent to many people in 2014. The supplier and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have been investigating the devices far longer — since at least 2008. Unfortunately, noneRead More

Honda announced a new “mini-streetfighter” redesign for the MSX125, the little monkey bike better known to Americans as the Grom. At the moment, the styling update has been announced in Europe and Thailand where it is manufactured, but we expect to see the more aggressive-looking Grom in the U.S. inRead More

The slow, low-tech Padmini taxi is an icon on the chaotic streets of Mumbai, India, but not for much longer. We go for a test drive “So, do the indicators work?â€ I ask, after squeezing in behind the sizeable steering wheel of the dilapidated Premier Padmini taxi. But I thinkRead More

Sometimes a head-to-head battle between rival vehicles isn’t even a contest. Such is the case with the match-up between the Chevrolet Colorado and Nissan Frontier. We’d expect that. After all, the Frontier is an aging vehicle that saw its last redesign in 2005. The Colorado, on the other hand, isRead More

Toyota is recalling more than 1.1 million RAV4 crossovers in the U.S. to address a problem with the vehicles’ safety belts. According to the automaker, some of those devices may not work as intended during collisions. ALSO SEE: Mazda Shows Not All All-Wheel-Drive Systems Are Created Equally The problem isRead More

Hope it’s nothing serious, but “a significant change in personal circumstances has compelled” this guy in Australia to wish to part with his two RG500 Suzukis and his RZV500R Yamaha `strokers in one sale. Asking $ 75,000 Australian (about $ 54,000 U.S.). It can’t be easy to find parts forRead More

Last month, investigators attributed a tenth death to Takata’s fatally flawed airbags. It was the first to occur in a non-Honda vehicle, and it has led to a massive, five-million-vehicle expansion of the already enormous Takata recall. The latest cars to be affected by that expansion aren’t even made anymore.Read More

Porsche plots back-to-basics GT-derived 911 with a focus on driver involvement rather than lap times The Porsche 911 R has been spied testing with minimal disguise, ahead of its speculated launch at the Geneva Motor Show next year. The manual-only stablemate of the GT3 and GT3 RS carries no badgingRead More

From a Victory press release: Victory MotorcyclesÂ announces the return of the MagnumÂ X-1 â€“ the loudest Victory Bagger ever built, designed for serious music and motorcycle fans. As the 2015 model quickly sold out upon its introduction last year, the new 2016 Magnum X-1 Stealth Edition hits the scene powered byRead More